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Another person dies at Rikers– 22nd Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another person dies at Riker…
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Federal Monitor for Rikers Island Sounds Alarm in Scandalous New Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Federal Monitor for Rikers Isl…
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RELEASE: New Report Outlines How Connecticut’s Excessive Use of Probation and Parole Are Drivers of Incarceration
Katal Center Equity, Health, and Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2768 Follow on socials: @KatalCenter | #FixPr…
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Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and parole problems
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 we released a new groundbreaking report with the Prison Policy Initiative titled “Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and parole problems.” It…
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Katal Join With Immigrants Rights Organizations to Reject Mayor Adams’s Proposal to House Asylum Seekers at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 22, 2023 Contact: Yatziri Tovar, Yatziri.Tovar@maketheroadny.org | (917) 771-2818 Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter: @…
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Another Person Dies at Rikers, the 21st Death in City Jails Under Mayor Adams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Person Dies at R…
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Katal Opposes Bail Reform Rollbacks in Budget Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #BailReformNY #CloseRikers Katal Opposes Bail Reform Roll…
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RELEASE: People Impacted by Rikers, with Elected Officials and Community Groups, Rally Outside of the Courthouse in Support of a Federal Receiver and to Demand Closure of Rikers Island
**PRESS RELEASE** April 27, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter People Impacted by Rikers, with Elec…
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ADVISORY – Thursday 4/27, 1:00 pm, Foley Square: Ahead Federal Court Hearing, People Impacted by Rikers, with Community Groups and Elected Officials, Rally to Demand Jails be Shut Down
**MEDIA ADVISORY** April 27, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter New Federal Monitor Reports Growing…
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Directly Impacted People and Families Rally in Albany to Oppose Gov. Hochul’s Proposal to Roll Back Bail Reform
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 30, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestNY | #CloseRikers Directly Impacted Peo…
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Statement from the Katal Center on Budget Hearing Held by the New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 23, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #CutShutInvestNY | #CloseRikers Statement from the Ka…
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Katal Testimony at City Council Preliminary Budget Hearing: Committee on Criminal Justice
Testimony by Melanie Dominguez, Lead Organizer, on behalf of the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice Thank you, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Chair Carlina Rivera, for holding this New [……
